Monday, June 7, 2010

Ranking the polls. Who should you trust?

Nate Silver, the left-wing, but well-respected, numbers analyst who runs fivethirtyeight.com recently put together his latest ranking of pollsters.

The methodology may bore you, but the results won't.

Of those that are known to poll in Ohio, who performed near the top?

The Ohio Poll and SurveyUSA.

Gallup, PPP, and Rasmussen all finished close to eachother and came in a bit above average in accuracy.

The losers? Quinnipiac and Fox News. Both finished near the absolute bottom.

Want to read the rest? Check it out here.

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